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NPR's Corey Flintoff reports on a new study that found that the monuments and memorials around Washington DC are vulnerable to terrorist threats. The report states that because of an understaffed and underfunded police force, nine sites, including the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial, are at risk.

Alex talks about next weekend's hula dance at the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana. The Pit is the hole left after an incredible amount of copper ore had been extracted by the Anaconda Company and ARCO.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Craig Venter, president of Celera Genomics on the mapping of the human genetic code; Armando Guiterrez, spokesman for the Miami relatives, on Elian Gonzalez's trip back home to Cuba; Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn) on the campaign finance investigations; Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker on his return to the New York; Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood, and James Bopp, general counsel of the National Right to Life Committee on the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion.

1970's singer/songwriter Jimmie Spheeris created a fantasy-carnival world on his four albums for Columbia Records. He won over devoted fans as he toured the U.S. But his sudden death in the early 1980s meant that all that lingered were echoes. That is, until an Internet designer named Andy Markley met the singer's former bass player, Johnny Pierce, over the internet. They began working together to bring Spheeris' music back. The fans rallied, and now, all of Jimmie's CD's, including an unreleased recording, Spheeris (Rain Records RR006), are in stores. Liane talks with Markley and Pierce, and we get to sample some of this long-unheard music.

Noah and Ariel Dorfman, a professor at Duke University discuss the history of the Chilean ship, the B.E. Esmeralda. The ship is part of the Tall Ship celebration, and is visiting New London, Connecticut today. Of all the Tall Ships, this one is the most controversial, because it had been used to hold and torture political prisoners.

Computers can greatly improve the lives of people with disabilities, but Charlotte Renner reports that blind people can't access much of the very visual content on the World Wide Web. Adaptive software can help, but some web designers are trying to create sites that can be accessed by people who can't see well enough to point and click with a standard mouse. (4:30) (Note: The website mentioned in this story is http://www.cast.org. This link will open in a new browser window.)

Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers today urged Congress to approve the administration's request for $472 million, to provide debt relief to developing nations. Republican leaders in the House are refusing to approve the full amount and are holding out for reforms at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the institutions that manage the debt relief program. NPR's Kathleen Schalch has this story.

An investigation by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer revealed that the three major brands of crayons -- Crayola, Prand and Rose Art -- all contain asbestos. Linda talks with Andrew Schneider, who reported on the story for the Seattle newspaper.

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on a new set of rules from the EPA that would reduce the amount of arsenic in drinking water tenfold below current limits. Arsenic usually comes from natural sources and doesn't occur in all parts of the country. But the new rules will require upgrades in water systems in thousands of small towns and rural areas.

Noah speaks with David Brower, who was the Sierra Club's first executive director. Brower talks about why he quit the board of the Sierra Club, an organization he has been affiliated with since 1933. He has been quoted as saying "The Earth is burning but I hear nothing from the Sierra Club board except the music of violins. It's time for them to shape up."